Chapter 609: The lure
Whoosh!
A gust swept in, sending the tent flap flying up to catch on a metal hook beside it.
Light and precise.
It was as though a pair of invisible hands had lifted it and set it in place.
In the distance, a figure sped toward the tent in a zigzag. A single breath later, she was already standing before it.
Mary startled.
Almost instinctively, the girl gripped her sword hilt.
Under her mother's guidance, Mary had developed not only maturity, but considerable strength and insight far beyond others her age.
She therefore knew all too well how terrifying someone who could cross nearly a hundred meters in an instant was.
Especially when that person was an assassin. That alone was enough to send a chill through any ruler.
Qin Ran raised a hand and stroked the top of the girl's head.
He could clearly sense her tension, even though she had prepared herself beforehand.
"She's still... a child, after all!"
Qin Ran sighed.
It never occurred to him that he was only a few years older than Mary himself.
Traveling through the different instance worlds of the Underground Game had long since made Qin Ran's mind unlike that of an ordinary person.
It was not merely his attitude toward corpses, but more importantly, his familiarity with lingering on the brink of death.
So when Qin Ran turned his gaze toward the uninvited leader of the Snake School, the perceptive woman stopped dead.
Her abrupt halt from such high speed sent the air around her into turmoil.
Her cloak fluttered in the wind, revealing the shapely figure beneath. Even her dark blue-black leather armor could not hide how strikingly attractive she was.
Faced with such beauty, many would overlook the danger lurking within it.
The throwing